Pipe and cigar holder for autos



March 1, 1932. ENDRESON 1,848,005

PIPE AND CIGAR HOLDER FOR AUTOS Filed Feb. 28, 1950 M Jofnv 575/!"68027ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES JOHN ENDRESON, OF CAPE MAY,NEW

PIPE AND CIGAR HOLDER FOB AUTOS Application filed February 28, 1930.Serial No. 432,206.

The object of this invention' is the provision of a detachable retainerdesigned pri-.

marily to afford a support or rest for a pipe or a cigar used by thedriver or occupants of automobiles or like vehicles in which the deviceis constructed from a single sheet of metal stamped and folded toprovide a boxlike structure having a partially open end and having itsback, at its upper corner extended and shaped to provide a spring clampfor grippingly engaging with the frame of the windshield, corners orwindows or other places where the device will not be conspicuouslydisplayed.

A further object is the provision of an article for this purpose whichcan be cheaply manufactured and commercialized and which I will be foundefiicient for its purpose.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the devicehereinafter deon the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end view of the device.

Figure 4 is a blank from which the device is formed.

A number of thin metal sheets are ar- 80 ranged in packs and positionedin a suitable stampin and cutting machine to rovide the bl s, oneof'which is disclosed y Figure 4 of the drawings. In the process ofmanufacture the blank is scored to provide bendable parts, and whichparts include a substantially rectangular bottom 1, a front side 2, atop 3, a back 4 and a portion 5 wh ch. extends from the outer score lineof the back. The bottom 1 is rovided with lateral extensions eachbendable to provide the ends 6 and 7 of the box. The end 7 is of amaterial less length than the end 6, which latter is of a lengthcorrespondin to that of the front and bac The sides an outer edge of theend 6 are provided with foldable flaps 8, deslgned to be bent rightangularly and to be soldered or otherwise secured to the front 2, theback 4 and the top 3.

The sides of the end 7 are also provided with bendable flaps 9 to besoldered to the front 2 and to the back 4. There is extended from theend 7 a bendable portion 10 whichis rolled over the inner face of thesaid end when the device is shaped and likewise there is extended fromthe front 2 and the back 4 as well as from the top 3 extensions 11, 12and 13, respectively, designed to be curved inward of these elements sothat the edges thereof at the open box-like receptacle 14 are rolled.The outer end of the top 3 is formed with a bendable flap 15 designed tobe arranged against the inner face of the back 4 and to be soldered orotherwise secured thereto.

The extension 5 of the back 4 is provided with a number of transversefold lines, whereby this extension, when shaped provides an inner archedportion 16 that terminates in a point 17 and from thence the a same isbent outwardly or toward the top of the box 14, as at 18. The angleportion 18 has its end extended outwardly, as at 19, in a plane with thetop of the box and the said part 19 is bent inwardly and merges, into apoint 20 and from thence is bent outwardly, as at 21, and the bentportion 21 has its end extended inwardly at an inward angle, as at 22,which is directed toward the rear of the box. The substantially V-shapedelements that merge in the points 17 and 20 as well as the end of theangle portion 22 provide gripping jaws for frictionally engaging withthe opposite faces of the glass of the windshield or. other support andwhereby the box-like receptacle 14 is effectively clamped on suchsupport. The open end of the box-like receptacle 14 permits of theinsertion of a pipe, a lighted cigar or cigarette and serves as a restfor these articles'and permits of the ready withdrawal 'of such articlewhen the same is required for use.

' As only one side of the device is partl 1 1 open, ashes and sparksfrom .the pi e restso that the liability of fires in either instancewill be avoided.

The simplicity and advantage's'of the construction will be apparent tothose skilled in the art to which such invention relates so that furtherdetailed description will not be required.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A rece tacle for the purpose set forth formed rom a substantiallyrectangular body of thin metal, having a series of transverse closelyrelated score lines from one of its ends and other and wider transversescore lines designed, when the blank is folded upon itself to provide abottom, sides and a top, the top being scored adjacent to its outer edgeto provide a foldable part to contact with one of the ends, the bottomhaving lateral extensions, one being of a greater length than the other,and all of which have their edges scored to provide bendable portions,the bendable portions on the longer end being bent respectively againstthe sides and under the top of the box, the lateral extensions on thesecond end being bent rightangularly against the inner Walls of thepockets and the longitudinal bendable portions being bent against thesaid short end, the sides having one of their edges formed with bendableportions to be bent inward thereagainst and to overlie and contact withthe upper edge of the short end, and the top having one of its edgesformed with a lateral bendable extension to be bent therebeneath and,with the bent or folded extensions on the sides and upper edge of theshorter end afford a continuous bead at the open end of the box and theblank having its port-ion provided with closely related score lines bentto provide a portion that is arched outwardly from the back and partsprovided with inwardly extending substantially V-shaped gripping jawsand a connecting portion for said jaws.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN ENDRESON.

